Wanli 1592

Chapter 999
After seeing the list that Zhou Yao handed over to him, Cai Guozhen immediately understood something.

This is not a political event caused by the murder at all, it is a political event to eliminate dissidents. Zhao Shiqing's death is just a pretense, a pretense that can start to eliminate dissidents!

After thinking about it with divergent thinking, Cai Guozhen even understood the truth of Zhao Shiqing's death.

All of a sudden, the hairs stood on end, and the clothes on the back were soaked in cold sweat.

He knew that there was only one road ahead of him.

If you don't go, you have to go, if you go, you have to go, otherwise you will end up being completely silenced.

Cai Guozhen immediately assured Zhou Yao that he could do whatever he wanted, no matter what it was, he was willing to give everything for His Majesty the Emperor.

Zhou Yao nodded in satisfaction.

Compared with Cai Guozhen's wit and flexibility, the others seemed a little dull. When Zhou Yao took them to see Zhu Yinghuai's tragic situation, they actually huddled together and cried bitterly, saying that they were innocent, but did not understand Zhou Yao's meaning .

Who cares if you are innocent?
It doesn't matter if you are innocent or not!

Now is your last chance, sell your soul and integrity, and completely become His Majesty's dogs, this is what His Majesty needs, so that you can live, and everyone else will die!
You don't understand this kind of thing, you don't have any political wisdom, and you still expect to have a future?

But Zhou Yao can't say this kind of thing clearly, everyone's faces are not very good-looking, so in order to enhance their political wisdom, Zhou Yao can only use some normal methods, but he is very kind, and benevolently asked the professionals to do it They - don't kill them.

While the political storm and cleansing intensified, several Burmese officials led by Chen Longzheng came to the capital by boat to report to Xiao Ruxun and convey some very important news at the same time.

Along with Chen Longzheng and other Burmese officials, Yuan Yan, the "Prime Minister of Lu Song Dynasty", came to report on his work.

Unlike Nai's father, Yuan Yan expressed his congratulations and surrendered soon after the news of Xiao Ruxun's ascension to the throne, and accepted the fact that Xiao Ruxun had ascended the throne as emperor. The matter of trade is an indispensable official under Xiao Ruxun.

And the Burmese officials who came with him this time are also officials in charge of maritime trade. They all came to tell the same thing, that is, the envoy ships of France and Genoa came to Burma again, requesting to start mutual trade again.

The last batch of merchant ships took away almost all the silk iron pots and porcelains that Myanmar could make up, as well as a little tea.

This time they need more, and the price they pay will continue to increase. At the same time, they are very much looking forward to sending more exchange personnel from the Chinese side to communicate with each other.

Ever since Chen Longzheng traveled to Europa Continent, the China craze in Europa Continent has intensified.

The calligraphy presented by Chen Longzheng to the Governor of Genoa has become the most popular artwork in Europe. A large number of nobles went to Genoa hoping to see the mysterious oriental art, but only a few people could see it.

At the same time, a large number of Chinese goods in the hands of Genoese merchants were charged sky-high prices, even if they were so rich, they still couldn't buy them.

Chen Longzheng's two cooks who stayed in Genoa now only cook for the top nobles in Europe, and other people can't enjoy the mysterious and delicious Chinese food at all.

Under various stimuli, the French State once again and the Genoese State jointly organized an ocean-going fleet to go to China to request to speed up the speed of commercial trade.

Especially in France, the desire for this kind of ultra-high-profit commercial trade has reached an almost crazy point. King Henry IV desperately needs such a huge sum of wealth to support his crumbling finances.

China, this rich and civilized country has become their yearning.

The originally agreed once-a-year trade can no longer satisfy them, and they now need more, for which they are willing to pay a higher price.

Anyway, some people will buy it when they go back.

Representatives of France and Genoa also followed the ship all the way north to the capital of the ancient Chinese Empire.

For the first time, they directly felt the size and strength of this great empire.

It actually takes a month to travel the seas of this empire by boat.

They were escorted by elite troops from the moment they landed at Dagukou, all the way to the imperial capital, and saw more than one large city along the way, especially after arriving in the imperial capital Beijing, they were so shocked that their eyeballs almost fell off.

They have never seen such a huge city.

And the city seems to be still expanding.

"This country has just gone through a war. The current emperor is the general from Burma. He defeated the previous Chinese emperor and established a new country. Now he is expanding the capital to accommodate more than a million people at any time. population, and now, the population of this city has actually reached one million."

Matteo Ricci, who came to greet and translate, explained this.

There are frequent wars in Europe these years. Wars are normal to them, and it is not surprising to change the monarch or something, but a city that can accommodate a million people, this...

By the way, what is the population of China?

They asked such questions about Ricci.

Matteo Ricci said cautiously: "According to my conservative estimate, there are probably ten million people."

The representatives of France and Genoa were frightened and stunned.

Ten million people?
Does the whole of Europe add up to [-] million people at this time?

They didn't make too many estimates, and they didn't dare to make too many estimates. Anyway, they already knew how huge this country was.

And the great emperor who ruled over ten million people, what kind of person should he be?

"When meeting the great emperor, you must follow the Chinese etiquette. The great emperor of China is much more powerful than the European monarchs. It is almost unimaginable for the European monarchs. Therefore, you must be respectful and careful, and you must not have Any disrespect, otherwise once the emperor gets angry, it will be over."

Matteo Ricci seriously warned the envoys of the two countries.

And the envoys of these two countries have been frightened by such a huge empire, they nodded repeatedly to express their understanding, and they would definitely not mess around.

However, after entering the capital of the empire through the side gate, they realized what it means to be broad and atmospheric, the wide streets, the shops and buildings on both sides, the pedestrians and patrolling soldiers, the masonry roads on the ground, and everywhere. Saw construction in progress.

Just talking about so many people, they have never seen before. Compared with the capital of China, it seems that the capitals of European countries cannot be regarded as capitals at all, and what is even more surprising is that there is no bad smell of feces here taste.

For the emissaries who are used to the smell, it is very strange that such a big city can't see the smell of feces or urine. Sometimes they walk in the city and look carefully at the buildings on both sides. , in case someone pushes open the window and splashes urine on the road at any time.

Such a clean and tidy city is only in the impression of a royal palace or aristocratic castle, right?

(End of this chapter)